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CAR SIDE CONSTRUCTION.

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CAR SIDE CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED [ll-10.10. 1913,

1 1 90,357. Patented July 11, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application fil ed December 10, 1913. Serial No. 805,801.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, WINFIELD HANCOCK Yos'r, of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, a citizen of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Side Construction; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to ballast cars or cars adapted to have their contents discharged through the sides by means of a plow and appertains particularly to the construction of the car sides.

Heretofore, in order to provide means at the sides of a car to adequately guide a plow through the latter it has been the practice to utilize the side stakes and to locate them at frequent intervals along the car sides but a serious difficulty has been encountered in that, instead of providing clear discharge spaces, these side stakes obstruct a considerable quantity of the discharging material which is then caught between the stakes and plow and becomes so tightly packed as the plow moves forward, that a pressure is established which the side stakes are unable to withstand and the latter are consequently forced outwardly and broken away from the car. In addition to the above mentioned defect in the former construction of cars of this type it has been found that the plows were constantly catching upon the stakes and damaging the same or ripping them entirely from the car. The primary object of the present invention isto prevent damage to the car due to a plow passing therethrough by avoiding unnecessary obstruction at the sides of the car and at the same time provide adequate plow guiding means.

The objects and advantages of'this inven tion will be hereinafter more fully described I and particularly pointed out in the claims.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference 7 1 characters indicate the same parts and wherein:

-Figure l is a perspective view of a car constructed according. to my invention, the swinging doors being removed from one i side; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical section on line 2-2 Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of one half of the car and taken on line 3-3 Fig.2; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail horizontal section of an end, stub and side stake at one side of the car and with intermediate portions of the car flooring and doors broken away.

The understructure of the car may be of the approved construction comprising center sill 2, side sill 3, cross bearers 4 and end sills 4 The floor of the car is indicated at 5 and preferably consists of planks fastened 1to filler pieces 6 resting upon the understrucure.

Each side of the car is made up of end stakes 7, a single intermediate or side stake 8 all of normal height and a top rail 9, secured to the tops of these stakes and adapted to support swinging doors which i will be referred to'later. It will be seen that the leastpossible number of stakes to secure the proper support the top rails and doors have been employed so that large discharge spaces are presented whichenable the contents of the car to be plowed olf with a minimum amount of resistance and there fore with less liability of damage to the car than heretofore.

I The end and intermediate stakes serve in part as guides for the plow but in order to guide the latter throughout the full length of the car I provide one or more stub. stakes or guides 10 between each end stake and in- I termediate stake and of lesser height than such stakes. These stub stakes or guides only extend a short distance above the car flooring and thus permit the discharging material to freely pass thereover and through the car sides so that although these stub stakes provide adequate plow guidingmeans they are not of suflicient height to so obstruct the material as to set up a pressure and damage the car sides.

' When a plow passes through a car it very readily catches upon the sharp corners of the stakes and as considerable damage results from this I have beveled the inner longitudinal edges of each of the stakes so that upon encountering one of the latter the plow will work inwardly over the beveled surface and pass around the stake instead of catching upon the latter and damaging it.

The beveled surfaces of the end stakes form flared openings at the ends of the car which facilitate the entrance of the plow thereto and each of the stakes and stub stakes are beveled on both of their longitudinal inner edges so that a plow may be passed through the car in either direction without catching upon the guides. A particular advantage secured in extending the beveled surfaces the full height of the end and intermediate stakes is that if the plow should be raised by encountering boulders or the like, and engage the stakes at some distance above the flooring, it will be guided in the same manner as when in its normal position.

Each end stake is formed of a channel member 12 and an angle iron 13 riveted thereto, the channel member being riveted at the bottom to the side sill and extends therefrom to the top rail to which it is secured by plate 14. Y A pressed shape 15 secured to the channel member 12 and angle iron 13 extends up above the flooring to the top rail, being secured to the latter and constituting the inner face of the stake, the beveled edges of which latter being preferably formed by curving the opposite longitudinal edges of the pressed shape outwardly toward the side of the car and in the longitudinal line of the latter as at 16. A wear plate 17 is carried by the pressed shape at a point adjacent to the car flooring- The intermediate stakes each comprises a member 18 of U-form riveted to the side sill and extending therefrom to the top rail to which it is secured, the inner face of such stake being formed by a pressed shape 19 having a wear plate 19 secured thereto adjacent to the flooring of the car. The beveled edges of each intermediate stake are also preferably formed by curving the opposite longitudinal edges of the pressed shape outwardly'toward the side of the car and in the longitudinal line of the latter as at 20. The stub stakes are each formed preferably by a channel member 21 and an angle iron 22 carrying a pressed shape 23, the beveled sides of the stakes being formed by curving the opposite longitudinal sides of the pressed shape outwardly toward the side of the car and in the longitudinal line of the latter as at 24.

The sides of the car are closed by doors hinged at the top to the top rails 9 so that when the contents of the car is being plowed off these doors are forced up out of the way,

and, when the car is empty, readjust themselves to their closed position, the bottom edges of the doors being cut away at points in line with the stub stakes so that the doors can swing over them and, when closed, fit around and overhang the same.

If desired the space between each end stake and intermediate stake may be closed by a single door but I prefer to utilize a plurality of doors 25 as shown in the drawings. The doors 25 may be of any approved construction, those illustrated being each formed of sheet metal hinged as at 25 and stiffened by outwardly extending flanges 26 at the sides and along the bottom line of the door: The doors are further reinforced and stiffened by angle irons 27 secured upon the outer surfaces thereof.

The doors are preferably so arranged that their adjacent sides meet at a point above the stub stakes and in this case the previously mentioned cut away portions for the accommodation of the stub stakes are formed by notching'the lower corners of the doors as at 28. p

' To prevent leakage between the door sides and the end and intermediate stakes, I have extended the side flanges of the door and turned them inwardly as :at 29 to form grooves parallel with the sides of the doors so that when the latter are closed these grooves will inclose the edges of the curved stakes.

The doors may be locked in closed position by any preferable means, the arrangement shown consisting of a bodily movable shaft 30 at each side .of the car and located in slots 31 formed in the stakes. Each shaft has pinions 32 rigidly mounted thereon and when the shaft is rotated the pinions engage with a rack formed by a series of pro jections 33 upon the stakes and so raise the shafts from their position shown at the left of Fig. 2 to the locking position shown at the right of Fig. 2. The shafts are maintained in their locking position by pawls 34: pivoted at 35 to the end stakes and recessed to present shoulders adapted to engage under the shaft. Plates 36 are secured to the door and are notched as at 37 on the underside to fit over the shafts '30 and hold the doors against inward movement.

What I claim is as follows:

1. In a car, the combination with nonswinging side stakes .of different heights, of side doors supported between certain of said, stakes.

2. In a car adapted for the passage of a plow therethrough, the comblnation with non-swinging side stakes of different heights, of side doors supported between 5 certain of said stakes.

3. In a car adapted for the passage of a plow therethrough a plurality of side stakes of normal height and non-swinging stakes of lesser height located between same.

4. A car of the class specified, having beveled side stakes and a stake located between and of lesser height than the beveled side stakes.

5. A car of the class specified, having beveled side stakes and a beveled stake located between and of lesser height than the side stakes.

6. In a car of the class specified, the combination with side stakes, of an outwardly swinging door supported between the side stakes and a stake located between and of lesser height than the side stakes.

7. In a car of the class specified, the combination With side stakes, of an outwardly swinging door hinged at the top between the side stakes and a stake located between and of lesser height than the side stakes.

8. In a car of the class specified, the combination with side stakes and a top rail supported by the side stakes, of an outwardly swinging door hinged between the side stakes to the top rail and a stake located between and of lesser height than the side stakes.

9. In a car of the class specified, the combination with side stakes, of a door hinged at the top between the side stakes and a stake located between and of lesser height than the side stakes, such door being cut away for the accommodation of the shorter stake.

10. In a car of the class specified, the combination with an end side stake and an adjacent intermediate side stake presenting an opening between them, of a plurality of swinging doors in the opening between said stakes, each of such doors extending substantially the full height of said opening.

11. In a car of the class specified, the combination with adjacent side stakes having an opening between them, of a plurality of swinging doors closing such opening.

12. In a car of the class specified, thecombination with side stakes, of a stake located between and of lesser height than the side stakes and a plurality of doors hinged between the side stakes and adapted to meet above the shorter stake, the adjacent lower corners of the doors being notched for the accommodation of such shorter stake.

13. In a car of the class specified, the combination with a beveled stake, of a hinged door presenting a groove adapted to receive one edge of the beveled stake.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WIN FIELD HANCOCK YOST.

Witnesses:

STANLEY C. KING, J Arms 0. FRASER.

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